The weekend offered a gift of beautiful weather to those living in the Midwest. Yard work on Saturday morning, clearing the garden patch of the remaining tomato vines, and dying squash plants. The afternoon was spent in conversation with friends in Long Grove. We chatted with Michael at Buffalo Creek Brewery, sampled two of…
Starbucks on a Sunday morning. The sun shines in the windows like a strong god. To the South two days drive by car, Poseidon strikes the ground with his trident. Storm surge, extreme winds lash the keys, and the Florida mainland. Those who have not fled hunker down and pray. And so it goes…
Poseidon brought back. Hurricane Irma, a gargantuan storm is about to engulf Florida. The news prompted memory of eleven days spent on a freighter traveling from San Francisco to Yokohama, Japan. Several days outside of Japan our ship, loaded with supplies for the Vietnam war passed through the tail end of a hurricane. The…
We attended the Walworth County Fair. I look forward to the drive to Elkhorn Wisconsin. The fair is one of the few remaining old fashioned agriculturally-based county fairs. While inside the homemaking arts exhibit building I noticed a individual standing at a computerized sewing machine. She was guiding the sewing head lazer dot, tracing…
I often encounter Reno, a friend, while attending to reading and writing at Starbucks. We’ve shared satisfying exchange of stories on a number of occasions. Certainly we do not know a lot about each other. But the insight gained through the story telling has effected a change within my personality, my mode of being….
There are seasons of life. In the late 1970’s I was a student learning to swim in the vast ocean of philosophy. With a bit more focus next I studied at Garrett Evangelical Divinity School in Evanston. I assumed the professional end of all of the study was to become a Christian minister. For…
The Long Grove Arts and Music Council held it’s last free concert for 2017. I joined the townspeople on Towner Green Sunday afternoon to hear Scott Ainslie and Reggie Harris. These artists carry the song and story telling heritage of our country, especially of the ante bellum South. Indeed the story of humanity is…
Decided to take Monday for a visit to the Chicago Botanical Garden. This garden is world class, an expanse of sculpted land and water displaying a sublime array of plants. Calling a rare time out from work, I gathered my camera, and a book. Laura and I left for a few hours of paradise….
I have a invitation to the 50th anniversary class reunion at Northern High School where I graduated in 1967. The reunion is to be held the third weekend in October. The fall calendar is quite full for me and I will not be able to attend. I’ve carried the invitation around in my briefcase…
I was blessed to be present at the annual Family Pig Pickin hosted by Kevin and Caryn in their backyard. It is an annual event. Family members came from as far as Washington State to attend. Everyone present was related by blood, by marriage or by the bond of friendship. The “guest of honor”…
